Access to Functional Handwashing Facilities and Associated Factors among South Sudanese Refugees in Rhino Camp Settlement, Northwestern Uganda

Table 3

Independent predictors of access to functional handwashing facilities among refugee households.

Characteristic	Access to a functional handwashing facility		Crude PR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted PR (95% CI)	value
	Yes, n (%)	No, n (%)
Marital status of household head
Single	19 (19.0)	81 (81.0)	1
Married	53 (25.0)	159 (75.0)	1.32 (0.82–2.10)	0.250
Household size
≤5 members	18 (18.8)	78 (81.2)	1
>5 members	54 (25.0)	162 (75.0)	1.33 (0.83–2.15)	0.237
Household member suffered diarrhoea in the last 30 days
No	40 (21.9)	143 (78.1)	1
Yes	32 (24.8)	97 (75.2)	1.13 (0.76–1.71)	0.543
Duration of stay in camp
≤3 years	35 (15.2)	196 (84.8)	1		1
More than 3 years	37 (45.7)	44 (54.3)	3.01 (2.05–4.44)	<0.001	2.63 (1.73–4.00)	<0.001
Handwashing is good preventive strategy to diarrhoea
No	14 (15.4)	77 (84.6)	1
Yes	56 (29.2)	136 (70.8)	1.89 (1.11–3.22)	0.018
Received home-based education session on handwashing in the last 6 months
No	1 (2.2)	44 (97.8)	1		1
Yes	71 (26.6)	196 (73.4)	11.96 (1.70–84.22)	0.013	9.44 (1.40–63.86)	0.021

CI, confidence interval; PR, prevalence ratio.